Editing Canton, Kansas (section)

==Area attractions==
* Canton is the site of the [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] Fairgrounds.  The McPherson County Fair has been held in Canton since 1948.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=McPherson County Fair Association |title=Our History |url=http://mcphersoncofair.com/}}</ref>
* Six miles north of Canton on 27th Avenue and one half-mile west on Pueblo Rd is the Maxwell Wildlife Refuge. In fact, Canton has been identified as the "Gateway to Maxwell Wildlife Refuge."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Kansas State Library |title=Canton, Kansas |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Canton/index.html |access-date=2008-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612094658/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Canton/index.html |archive-date=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This section of land is preserved natural prairie, comprising rolling hills, creeks, springs, and beautiful prairie grasses and wildflowers.  Here 200 head of [[American Bison|bison]] and 50 [[elk]] roam free.  It was established in 1859 by John Gault Maxwell to allow future generations to experience Kansas as it was in the 1800s, prior to settlement.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Maxwell Wildlife Refuge |title=The Maxwell Legacy |url=http://www.cyberkraft.com/maxwell/history.htm |access-date=2008-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724185144/http://www.cyberkraft.com/maxwell/history.htm |archive-date=2008-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This {{convert|2574|acre|km2}} refuge is owned and managed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks |title=Maxwell Wildlife Refuge and McPherson State Fishing Lake |url=http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/content/download/1019/4943/file/Brochure%20Maxwell%20&%20McPherson.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=2008-07-31}}</ref>
* Canton has two [[water tower]]s, labeled "HOT" (in red) and "COLD" (in blue).<ref>{{cite web |title=Water tower pics at Flickr |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/7225206@N06/2672298883/}}</ref> The words were painted on as a tourist attraction in 1956 at the suggestion of local real estate agent Mrs. M.D. Fisher.<ref name="wkp4">{{cite news |work=Western Kansas Press |title=Tank Labels Lure Visitors |date=1963-09-27|page=1 }}</ref> In fact, both tanks hold water at an ambient temperature.<ref name="wkp4"/>